Improvement in feed-troughs



T. L. BLOCK.

FEED-TROUGH.

No. 191,398. Patented May 29,1877.

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Witness es Inveni'or:

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OF SIDNEY, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,898,

dated May 29, 1877; application filed April 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE L. BLOCK, of Sidney, in the county of Ohampaign and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hog Troughs, which is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken at the end. Fig. 3 is an end view. a

The object of my invention is to provide a trough, having a movable and adjustable top or cover, for watering or feeding hogs, and which can be so arranged as to prevent the animals from getting their feet in the trough while drinking, and also prevent them from lying in the same, as hogs are inclined to do in hot weather.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the trough, at each end of which is a standard, B, suitably secured, and having holes d, for adjusting the top. The top 0 consists of two boards, of proper width, hingedtogether. The pintles of the hinges, extending, are bent up justing racks h are secured by a staple or ring, and serve to sustain the top at any desired adjustment by attaching to the pins d.

It will be readily seen the top may, by this arrangement, be set, as shown in Fig. 2, at any angle of adjustment; or, by raising the pins fand placing them in higher holes, and changing the adjustment of the racks, it may be set as shown in Fig. 3.

Having fully described myinvention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A hog-trough having standards B, from which the hinged top or cover 0 suspends by the hooks eand pins f, and the adjustingracks h and pins d.

THEODORE L. BLOCK.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFIGE. 

